From their New Year's Eve 2015 performance in Atlanta, Georgia, here's Widespread Panic with the song "Heroes".
Re-posting a favorite contemporary jazz tune. Check out Dave & Don Grusin and "River Song" from their 1988 "Sticks & Stones" record. This is contemporary jazz at one of it's finest hours. A tune that has certainly inspired yours truly, over the years.
Another performance by The Jimmy Herring Band from their concert at the Miroverse in Pittsboro, North Carolina, on August 18th, 2012. The tune is called a hypnotic, and dreamy soul blues instrumental, called "Aberdeen". The band lineup is:
Wayne Shorter "The Ultimate"
We fondly remember one of the greatest rock guitarists of all time, Mountain's Leslie West, who has died at the age of 75. Rest In Peace, Leslie West. You will be missed. Many of his songs with Mountain have been featured here. Above, are two versions of the Mountain song "Nantucket Sleigh Ride" to pay tribute.
https://jambands.com/news/2020/12/24/in-memoriam-leslie-west-1945-2020/
Merry Christmas. A bonus Joe Bonamassa Christmas carol, as he performs “O Holy Night.” Check it out.
Another tune from the Trey Anastasio Band's run at The Beacon Theater in New York City. This one, from their November 13th performance, is called "The Moma Dance", a tune Trey also performs with Phish.
We fondly remember, Minnesota jazz legend, vocalist, Debbie Duncan, based in Minneapolis, who has died at age 69 after a series of strokes. She was originally from Memphis, Tennessee, and raised in Detroit, Michigan. Her life, and career are quite the story.
https://www.twincities.com/2020/12/18/obituary-debbie-duncan-minneapolis-jazz-vocalist/
To honor her memory, a few performances.
Here is Debbie Duncan, performing "Bluesette", as an example of her great gift as a jazz singer. The video was produced by A440 Studios.
Here are more Debbie Duncan performances, of jazz standards and originals.
“Skylark”
“What A Difference A Day Makes”
Wayne Shorter "The All Seeing Eye" (The Rudy Van Gelder Edition)
Wayne Shorter: tenor saxophone, Freddie Hubbard: trumpet & flugelhorn, Grachan Moncur III.: trombone, James Spaulding: alto saxophone, Herbie Hancock: piano, Ron Carter: bass, Joe Chambers: drums, Alan Shorter: flugelhorn on "Mephistopheles".
Another Full Album Friday. This time, the featured record is from jazz tenor saxophone legend (who has been featured on the blog several times), Illinois Jacquet. The record is 1966's "Go Power", recorded live at a venue called Lennie's on The Turnpike.
The track listing:
Another very cool song from the Trey Anastasio Band at The Beacon Theater in New York City for their recent jam sessions. This is called "Set Your Soul Free".
Another Trey Anastasio Band jam from The Beacon Theater on November 27th, 2020. This is the instrumental tune "Mozambique".
We remember the great legacy of country music legend and baseball player, Charley Pride. He was the first widely recognized African American country music superstar. Very sadly, Charley's cause of death was the COVID-19 Coronavirus.
https://tasteofcountry.com/charley-pride-dead-dies-covid-19/
Here are some of his best known hit songs.
"Just Between You And Me" (feat. Lloyd Green: pedal steel guitar), performed on The Lawrence Welk Show.
He had many other hit songs on the country music charts. "Is Anybody Going To San Antone?", performed on The Marty Stuart Show.
"Kiss An Angel Good Morning", performed on The Marty Stuart Show.
"I'd Rather Love You", perfomred on The Johnny Cash Show circa 1971.
"I'll Be Leaving Alone", released in 1977.
These tunes are just a sampling of Pride's work, which included 52 Top 10 songs on the country music charts. Rest In Peace, Charley Pride. You will be missed.
From their December 28th, 2013 concert at Madison Square Garden in New York City, here's Phish, with the mysterious tune, "Steam".
From their July 23rd, 2017 gig at Madison Square Garden in New York City, here's Phish with their tune entitled "It's Ice".
A great concert, lined up, for Full Concert Friday this week. Bill Evans & Robben Ford - Soulgrass meets Blues, Miles & Beyond (Estival Jazz Lugano 2010).
Personnel:
Another performance from the Vermont barn by Trey Anastasio on acoustic guitar and Page McConnell on Wurlitzer electric piano, of a song called “Brian and Robert”.
We fondly remember, country music singer, Hal Ketchum, who passed away recently, at the age of 67 due to complications from dementia. He was known for tunes such as "Small Town Saturday Night", "Past The Point of Rescue", "Sure Love", and many more. Rest In Peace, Hal Ketchum.
https://www.wideopencountry.com/hal-ketchum-alzheimers-diagnosis/
Yours truly hopes to soon publish a Spotify Sunday listing of his music as a full memorial to Hal Ketchum, and the legacy he left behind in the world of country music. Check out the video in the obituary for the song, "I Miss My Mary". Once again, Rest In Peace, Hal. You will be missed.
Another song by Gregg Allman and the Sleeping Clock Revue. This is the blues standard "Floating Bridge", originally recorded by Sleepy John Estes, and released on Gregg Allman's 2011 "Low Country Blues" record, produced by the man who put this particular concert and band together, the one and the only T Bone Burnett.
A couple unique performances here, from 2010 and 2011, of a song called "Gone To Shiloh" performed by Leon Russell, Gregg Allman, and Elton John. Rest In Peace, Gregg Allman, and Leon Russell. Today, December 8th, would mark Gregg's 73rd birthday. This is a very moving tune. Check it out.
Check out Chuck Mangione on the flugelhorn with his hit song, “Feels So Good”. The band lineup is:
Wayne Shorter "Atlantis"
The title track to John Coltrane's 1960 record of the same name that was just published recently for Full Album Friday. Here is "Giant Steps".
For Full Album Friday, an important and monumental record in the history of jazz. Here's John Coltrane's 1960 record "Giant Steps", the fifth recording he released as a bandleader, recorded on Atlantic Records and produced by Neshui Ertegun. It was his first record as bandleader, released on Atlantic. The track listing is:
In these times of the pandemic, helping our neighbors, our fellow man, is one of the best things we can do, and with that in mind, a song, with that theme. This is the 2004 solo version by David Hidalgo (with Steve Cropper on guitar, the late, great, Donald "Duck" Dunn on bass, Booker T. Jones on Hammond organ, and Steve Potts on drums, (Booker T. & The MG's), as his backing band of "The Neighborhood" from the first ever Eric Clapton Crossroads Guitar Festival at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, Texas, in 2004.
From their October 25th, 2014 concert at the Riverside Theater in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, here's Widespread Panic, with one of yours truly's personal favorite songs of theirs, as it is zany but also has a good melody. This is "Pigeons". Check it out.
